Early Effectiveness Assessed for Fourth Dose of BNT162b2 Vaccine
Difference in absolute risk for three versus four doses was 180.1 and 68.8 cases per 100,000 for COVID-19-related hospitalization, severe COVID-19
CDC: Four People Infected With Coronavirus Version Seen in Mink
Samples of the virus collected from four infected people had two mutations previously identified in farmed mink in Europe
COVID-19-Linked Hospitalization Up for Children During Omicron
87 percent of 397 children hospitalized during omicron predominance unvaccinated; 34 percent of unvaccinated children were Black
Acute Upper Airway Disease Up in Children During Omicron Surge
Roughly one in five children hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 and upper airway infection had severe disease
Many Medicare Beneficiaries Do Not Fill High-Price Prescriptions
Among beneficiaries without low-income subsidy, noninitiation reported in 30 percent of those with new prescriptions for anticancer drugs
Awake Prone Positioning No Benefit for COVID-19-Linked Hypoxemia
Evidence shows worse clinical outcomes on day 5 for the intervention group versus the usual-care group
CDC Launches Forecasting Center for Infectious Diseases
Goal of the Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics is to act as a 'National Weather Service' for infectious disease outbreaks
Moderna Says Its Combo Vaccine Effective Against Omicron
Company says the combination vaccine triggers antibodies capable of fighting several variants, including beta and omicron
Major Airlines Drop Mask Mandate After Federal Judge Rules Against It
U.S. Transportation Security Administration will stop enforcing the mandate for now
Cases of Coronavirus Moving From Mink to People Confirmed by CDC
Samples of the virus collected from four infected people had two mutations previously identified in farmed mink in Europe
